A Tale of Two Cities (Novel)

English lawyer Sydney Carton goes to the guillotine in place of a French aristocrat.

At the height (or depth) of the French Revolution, Sydney Carton has exchanged places and names with aristocrat Charles Darnay, winning just enough time for Darnay and his family to be smuggled to safety in England. As Carton is led to the guillotine, a seamstress condemned to the same fate shares a confidence with him.

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